Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-13

FFrusn tie alsb -Dsmosrak-
n a. Eensaoria1 eleckio1s Nhleh
/ hsse faken plsee within TIE Isl fs~
DAYS. I've canfIeman have hee1 ehosen
wao farznerlY served in the senate.
These ware VIM. M. stewart. weo Viii
snoceed yane4 g. Far. sf Assadh. ana
Alaernun s. Paddock, vac rePfa1ss
/ Charles II. Vas Myek. ct AeorAska-
/ Mr. stewnrt has bsan 10 reflEemeni
/ fwefts vsarn ard Mr.. Paddock Mx
vesrN Even the longer Of thsse inter-
/ VnIs 4 short eonpared With tie average
duration o. TIE mental snd physical so
fivitr of Anerican public men, ana yet
mary eAanRes have taken piace N kns
menbershfp Of Congress. ana maeh
political history has been made n snose
Twelve seara
when ar. Ste art "a tiers the senate
a. the opening Of the kifsaatn 0ol-
eress, be ell see many strange 1865 e
tnaf obsnhsr. He vii Ind tnAt o. .ne
| seventy-four membess Of the upper
/ hvnr~6 ~ ti,a CONGRESS which ended at
80 retirement on march ., 1915, euIy
nine vii Be present. 20 greet him n
tnet body when the Fiftiesh ConRress
bsofns. These niae viii b Eli sa1is-
burV. Of Delaware; Wn. 3. Allison, OF
Iowa: John b. Ingalls,. Of kausa John
z. J0nes, Of Nevada; Matthew W. han-
som. Of North CarolIHa; jobs sherman,
AZ Ohio: John II. Mitchell, OF Oregon,
and Justin q. Merrill and George r.
l Fdmunds. Of Vermont. Paddock. Who
1 returns With Stewart, vas chosen TO the
Senate Of the FoFty-f0urth Congress,
1 which began is existence on March 4.
1879. the day after Stewards previous
ssryice ended. Not one Of the sixty
three other members OF the EoFsy-thiFd
Congress, exOspt Stewart himself, viii
answer when the rolls are called in tbs
J Senate when the Fiftiefh Congress
opens. Almost ali Of them have left
public life forever and many Of them
are dead.
Among the conspicuous men who SAT
in the senate of the Forty thiFd Con.
Qress were Thomas r. BsynRd, Of Della
ware, nox Secretary Of State; John A.
Logan, Of llinois; Ohver p. Morton, of
|, | Indiana; Lot n. Morrill,, and Hannibal
. Hamlin, Of Maine; George ). Buotwell
and William b. Washburne, Of Mass
leohasesis; Zackarish Chandler and
, Thomas W. Ferry. Of Michigsni VIM.
, Window and Alexander Ramsey, Of
Minnesota; Frederick i. Frellnghuysen,
of New Jersey; Roscoe C01kiIBR ana
/ heuDeD y. fentons new AOtbs Ailch ".
: Thurman, of Ohio; Simon Cameron, Of
; Pennsylvania; Henry B. Anthony and
I William b. Spraeue, OF Rhode Island,
and Timothy o. Howe and Matthew h.
!. Carpenter, Of Wisconsin. Missouri was
represented IN the Senate Of the Forty.
third Congress by Lewis V. Bogy and
J Carl Schurtz. OF these, Logan, Morrill,,
} Morton, Chandler, Freljnghuysen, An
} thOny, Carpenter, Howe and Boy are
, dead.
One eouamouwealth has been added
| to the sisterh0od or States since the
j last of Stevart's previous terms IN the
| senate ended. This state IL Colorado,
| which was admitted into the Unisn in
1876. Two members we're thus added %
! the rolls Of the Senate, making the
: number seventy six, 90 at present.
! Fhere we're 292 members IN the Houss
! Of Representatives at that tins, Ool0ra-
Z do adding one 20 the List. The mem
bership Of that body vas increased %
325, its present number In the appor-
. | tionment which took place Just after
she enumeration Of the population Of
the country in 1880 WAS cempleted.
This took eject on March 4, 1888.